Prince George
You may have already seen this shot of Prince George, snapped in the plane as the Cambridges left Canada, but...I could not resist. It's basically the best thing ever.
Prince George
This was the moment where Wills had to do the Parental Death Grip on George's hand to keep him from making a run for it when they got out of the car. It just made me laugh. Anyone who's ever been responsible for a child this age knows well the loving Don't You Dare Go Tearing Off Across This Parking Lot handhold.
Prince George
"YES. I AM STILL WAVING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M A VERY VERY GOOD WAVER."
Princess Charlotte
Hard to resist this expression of childish GLEE!
Prince Harry at the WellChild Awards
Speaking of hard to resist...
Prince Harry at the WellChild Awards
This event is one of Harry's regular joints. It, per Informative Caption, "[recognizes] the courage of seriously ill children, their families and carers." Informative Caption also tells me that this is "Inspirational Young Person Award Winner Nikita Fairclough (L), and her mother Lara" and a round of applause for all and sundry here.
Prince Harry at the WellChild Awards
Harry, of course, is in his element at this sort of thing. So many awesome kids to interact with. (This is "Good Morning Britain Inspirational Young Hero Award Winner Jessica Davis and her mother Paula.")
WellChild Awards - Red Carpet Arrivals
And these are "Noah and Oscar, the children of WellChild Special Recognition Award Winner Jill Evans" and how cute are they? I appreciate this young man's devotion to Batman.
WellChild Awards - Red Carpet Arrivals
A jovial finger point for the "Most Caring Child Award Winner Armaan Aslam and his father Mohammad." I just love the expression on Armaan's face in this photo. This entire event seems like a tear-jerker full of lovely people I really want to hug.
Prince Harry
HELLO HANDSOME. I'm happy to see you have new trousers, and they're not comically oversized for your body. Allow Informative Caption to segue us into this bit: "Prince Harry arrives at Lord's Cricket Ground in London to participate in a Coach Core sports coaching apprenticeship programme event....[Harry] met with apprentices, coaches and some of the partners and supporters."
Prince Harry
Indeed.
Prince Harry
Exactly.
Prince Harry
Precisely.
Prince Harry
There you go! Few things on this earth, truly, are as amusing to me as forcing Prince Harry to juggle various balls.
Prince Harry
Here, Harry is posing with: "England netball player Eboni Beckford-Chambers, double-Olympic gold medalist gymnast Max Whitlock and former England cricket player Graeme Swann" and everyone seems to be having a very good time.
Sophie Wessex
Meanwhile, Sophs joined the army. JK: "Sophie, Countess of Wessex, talks with a competitor as she attends the Countess of Wessex Cup inter-services competition at RAF Wittering...The Countess of Wessex Cup is an annual inter-services physical challenge. This year's competition is being contested by teams from RAF Wittering, HMS Daring, 5th Battalion The Rifles, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, The Corps of Army Music and The Lincoln & Welland Regiment from Canada." That sounds fun!
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary
Meanwhile, Crown Princess Mary and Fred wrapped up their trip to Massachusetts by popping in to see the governor.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Visits Wittenberg
And Queen Margrethe is hanging out in Germany with bishops, waving at people and wearing hats. I am slightly obsessed with her scarf.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Visits Wittenberg
Informative Caption tells me that this is Wittenberg's city hall balcony, and QM was present for the reopening of the Castle Church. Castle Church is, of course, the church whose door was the recipient of Martin Luther's howler. Now they're all ready -- as you can see from the banner -- for next year's 500th Anniversary, which I expect will be a real hootenanny.
Princess Mako
It's Princess Mako! We don't get photos of Japan's royal family as often as I'd like, so it's nice to see her out and about. (Here, she's attending the Rakuten Open, which is a tennis tourney.)
Queen Maxima
"Interesting, yes. Tell me more about these snacks in front of us."
Queen Maxima
This is "the opening of the exhibition titled 'Anna Pavlovna, colourful queen,'" and has anyone ever looked so delighted to pop up at a museum exhibition? Anna Pavlovna's Wiki is very interesting. Napoleon proposed to her, and her mother wasn't into this, so she procrastinated on giving him an answer so long that Napoleon lost interest; she accused her husband of stealing her jewels; and she had a kind of tree named after her.
Queen Mathilde of Belgium Visits The Magritte Exhibition At Cnetre Pompidou in Paris
It's Art Exhibit Week for the Queens of the world! Here, Mathilde is visiting an exhibit at the Pompidou Center in Paris that celebrates Belgian surrealist Magritte. I, as ever, have my doubts about what's happening on her head.
Queen Letizia Of Spain
I kinda dig this coat.
Queen Letizia
I 100% dig this entire look.
Queen Letizia
Letizia loves to dress thematically for their national Red Cross Fundraising day. It's also now officially Red Shoes On Royals Season.
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia are visiting Germany also, and I think Silvia looks VERY elegant here.
Daniela Schadt and Queen Silvia
Daniela Schadt looks, in this photo, as if she has THOUGHTS about Silvia's tiara.
Queen Silvia
A round of applause for Queen Silvia for bringing multiple tiaras.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Queen Rania of Jordan, the President of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) Ulrich Grillo (R) and BDI chairman Markus Kerber
Just in case you ever need a photo in which is appears that Angela Merkell and Queen Rania are dancing a jig....